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SKINK--NO SURRENDER
Author:
Hiaasen, Carl
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Class:
Fiction
Age: 12-19
Language: English
Demand: Moderate
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LC: PZ7.H493
Grade: 7-12
Print Run: 200000
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ISBN-13: 9780375870514
LCCN: 2014006036
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 09/23/2014
Availability: Available
List: $18.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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281 pages ; 22 cm
H 8.5",
W 5.88",
D 1.02",
0.9 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's For Youth Interest Titles
Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Teen
Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles
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Bibliographies:
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Booklist High-Demand Hot List
Booklist's Mystery Showcase
Fiction Core Collection, 19th ed.
Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award, Gr. 6-8, Book lists
Middle and Junior High Core Collection, 14th ed.
Middle and Junior High Core Collection, 15th ed.
New York Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers: Children's Middle Grade and Young Adult Books
Senior High Core Collection, 20th ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 21st ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 22nd ed.
Young Adult Fiction Core Collection, 4th ed.
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Awards:
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Booklist Starred Reviews
Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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Starred Reviews:
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Booklist
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TIPS Subjects:
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Humorous Fiction
Mystery/Detective Fiction
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BISAC Subjects: |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Humorous / General
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment
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LC Subjects:
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Florida, Fiction
Florida, Juvenile fiction
Missing children, Fiction
Missing children, Juvenile fiction
Mystery and detective stories
Mystery fiction
Wilderness areas, Fiction
Wilderness areas, Juvenile fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Florida, Fiction
Missing children, Fiction
Mystery fiction
Wilderness areas, Fiction
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
5.2
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Points: 9.0
Lexile Level:
770
Reading Counts Level:
5.7
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Points: 16.0
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| Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles | 08/01/2014 |
| When Malley's desperate attempt to avoid boarding school sends her on the road with a guy she met online, Malley's cousin enlists one-eyed, feral Florida ex-governor Skink for help. So begins a frantic search--and one epic road trip. 288pp. |
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| Booklist | 07/01/2014 |
| Grades 7-10. In his first novel aimed at teens, Hiaasen leaves behind middle-school bullying and veers this ecological mystery into the territory of online predators, with inimitable Hiaasen style. Richard's cousin Malley is missing, and he fears that she's in danger, despite her eventual calm phone calls and e-mails. When she drops a clue about having spotted the possibly extinct ivory-billed woodpecker, Richard knows she needs help and is giving him a clue. His sidekick on this sleuthing adventure is Skink, from Hiaasen's adult fiction--a Vietnam vet, an ex-governor, and an ecological-crusading, road-kill-eating hermit. Eccentric doesn't begin to describe him or the variety of objects he inserts in his empty eye socket. Skink and Richard make quite a dangerous and entertaining duo in a story that careens perfectly from one crazy situation to the next. The predator details are not described in intimate detail, leaving readers to imagine the realities for themselves, but the dangers of online relationships are clearly illuminated. Reluctant readers (especially guys) will surrender themselves to this page-turner. Cross your fingers that we haven't seen the last of Skink! HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With Skink showing up in teen territory, this YA debut from the number-one New York Times best-selling author has crossover potential. Stock up!. Dobrez, Cindy. 288p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2014. |
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| BookPage | 10/08/2014 |
| Richard's first sign that something is amiss in the turtle's nest is the sound of wet, whistling breathing coming from within. As he pushes aside the protective straw, an old man wearing a shower cap bursts out, gagging and rolling his weird eyes in opposite directions. Richard, meet Skink, aka Clint Tyree, former governor of Florida. In the years since his presumed death, Skink lives way off the grid, waging ecological warfare against those who drain swamps to build theme parks, dump refuse in wildlife preserves, and steal turtle eggs from nests. When Skink calmly announces that he is off to find Richard's missing cousin, Malley, Richard hops in the car and heads off on the adventure of his life. Skink is as hilarious as he is impassioned, enthusiastically cooking up roadkill and wreaking havoc on litterbugs. As he and Richard catch up with feisty Malley and her low-life kidnapper, Richard begins to understand why Skink is the greatest hero that Florida will never know. Skink--No Surrender is geared toward a slightly older audience than Hiaasen's earlier YA books, while reintroducing characters that romp throughout his bawdier adult novels. Budding environmentalists and Hiaasen fans will find much to enjoy. Diane Colson. 288p. BookPage Children’s Corner Web Exclusive Review. BOOKPAGE, c2014. |
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| Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books | 11/01/2014 |
| R. Gr. 6-9. Richard's best friend/agemate/cousin, Malley, is a drama queen and a chronic runaway, so Richard initially isn't too disturbed when she goes AWOL. This time, however, it looks serious: she's not texting or emailing, and when she finally reestablishes contact, it's clear she's keeping up a chipper phone voice while sending Richard coded hints as to her whereabouts. She's in need of rescuing from a stalker she unwisely befriended in a chat room, and Richard's chance encounter with a bizarre beach bum-an elderly, massive, one-eyed giant bent on meting out justice to sea turtle egg snatchers-gives him just the partner he needs to charge into the Wild and get the job done. In fact, the man is no beach bum but Skink, the ex-governor of Florida, officially recorded as dead but still equipped with a few valuable connections who cover his behind throughout his eco-protective, vigilante adventures. Skink, a character from other Hiaasen novels, zanily upstages narrator Richard and even threatens at times to leave the sobering themes of online predators and habitat erosion in his dust. Readers won't mind a whit, though, as this breakneck road and river trip turns on a dime from hilarious to chilling. This is far, far tamer than the gleeful raunch of Hiaasen's adult novels, and except for the fact that it's more heavily character driven than his previous YA works, the Hoot (BCCB 11/02) set will feel right at home. EB. 288p. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, c2014. |
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| Horn Book | 09/01/2014 |
| Middle School. Clint Tyree, a.k.a. Skink, has starred in half a dozen of Hiaasen's adult novels; here he makes his first appearance in YA. Standing well over six feet tall, "built like a grizzly" and strong as an ox, unkempt, unwashed, and unwavering in executing his self-imposed crusade and frontier-style justice against the powerful preying on the powerless (both humans and the environment), the former Florida governor is a presence to be reckoned with. As the book opens, teen narrator Richard's cousin and best friend, Malley, runs away from home because she doesn't want to go to boarding school, and Richard is certain that she's with a chat-room acquaintance almost twice her age. When he tells Skink, the governor immediately takes off to rescue Malley, and Richard joins him on an event-filled road trip from Loggerhead Beach through the Panhandle. Although Skink is larger than life, Hiaasen smoothly integrates his vulnerabilities with his outrageous behaviors, including eating roadkill and wrestling an alligator. Richard's naivete plays nicely against Skink's extremism, and Malley remains a prima donna despite her predicament; the villain is unfortunately a two-dimensional character in contrast. There's a message about personal safety on the internet and a little moral instruction from Skink, but these go down as easily as the sun dipping into the Florida Gulf at nightfall. betty carter. 281pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2015 |
| 2. Teen narrator Richard's cousin and best friend, Malley, runs away from home because she doesn't want to go to boarding school. When Richard tells Skink (who has starred in half a dozen of Hiaasen's adult novels), the former governor takes off to rescue Malley, and Richard joins him on an event-filled road trip. Richard's naivete plays nicely against Skink's extremism. bc. 281pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2015. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 07/15/2014 |
| If you were pursuing your cousin's kidnapper across Florida, you would want a man like Skink at your side. Maybe.Skink, as readers of Hiaasen's novels for adults know, was once governor of Florida and is now a genially lawless reprobate who takes "eco-terrorism" to a whole new level. Richard first meets him completely buried in the sand on a beach lying in wait for a sea turtle-egg thief. That one extraordinary encounter turns into an unlikely partnership when Richard's spirited cousin, Malley, runs off with a guy she met on the Internet in order to avoid boarding school, a joy ride that quickly goes sour. On the road with Skink, Richard develops a taste for roadkill (Skink won't eat any other kind of meat), learns how to drive (Skink injures his foot saving a baby skunk from a semi) and reads Silent Spring (Skink is horrified Richard hasn't encountered it in school). They follow Malley's cryptic cellphone clues into a swamp that just may be ivory-billed-woodpecker habitat for a classic Hiaasen showdown. While this confrontation goes on a bit too long, that doesn't diminish the pleasure of the developing relationship between Skink and the fatherless Richard, as trusty a protagonist as ever was.Hiaasen's fierce love for the wilds of Florida, his fundamental commitment to decency and his penchant for the bizarre are all on full display in this, a read as agreeable as his hero is. (Fiction. 10-15). 288pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2014. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 06/23/2014 |
| Ages 12-up. Rather than be shipped off to boarding school, Richard Sloan's cousin Malley runs away with a questionable acquaintance she met online. Richard shares his worry over her fate with a strange, one-eyed man he stumbles across on a Florida beach. Hiaasen's adult readers will immediately recognize Skink, the former governor turned eco-warrior, who first appeared 25 years ago in Double Whammy. Skink commandeers Richard's mission to find Malley and tutors his young new friend on carnivorous gators, wild pigs, driving (Richard is still a year away from a learner's permit but no matter), and how to prepare roadkill for human consumption. What happens to Malley during her abduction is never explicitly stated, but the implication of what a criminal is doing with a handcuffed 14-year-old girl rides uneasily alongside the kookier elements of the story. Still, there is much to enjoy. Hiaasen's concern for the environment and its most vulnerable denizens is again on full display, and Richard has a memorable epiphany when he loses his phone in Choctawhatchee Bay: "Pursuing a desperate criminal through the wilderness drastically rearranges your priorities." Agent: Esther Newberg, ICM. (Sept.). 288p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2014. |
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| School Library Journal | 08/01/2014 |
| Gr 9 Up. Richard and his cousin Malley are best friends. But while Richard is pretty levelheaded, Malley tends to get into trouble. So Richard is only mildly surprised to discover that she's run off with a guy she met on the Internet in order to avoid being sent to boarding school in New Hampshire. Richard wants to go find her, and luckily he runs into what may be the perfect person to help him do just that: a ragged, one-eyed ex-governor of Florida named Skink. With Skink at the helm, the two set off across Florida in search of Richard's cousin. While Malley's character is not as fully developed as the others and the story seems highly improbable, Skink, a favorite character from Hiaasen's adult novels, is incredibly memorable. Whether it's diving in to a gator-infested river after a rogue canoe, getting his foot run over by a semi while trying to save a baby turtle, or hiding out in the sand to save the next turtle, Skink is always full of surprises. And like a cat with nine lives, one never knows how he'll make it out or what will happen next. One thing's for sure: readers will want to be along for the ride. Although the ending meanders, fans of Hiaasen's novels won't mind the detours one bit. Necia Blundy, formerly at Marlborough Public Library, MA. 288p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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| ~VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine - Retired Journal) | 10/01/2014 |
| 4Q 4P J S. Richard's cousin, Malley, fails to meet him on the beach one night, and Richard has a bad feeling. While Malley is not a stranger to getting into trouble, Richard thinks that this time, she may be in over her head. He first encounters Skink when he is waiting for Malley on the beach that night. A former governor of Florida, Skink, a civil servant-turned-reprobate and passionate defender of the environment, has disguised himself in a mock sea turtle nest on the beach in the hope of catching a turtle-egg poacher. Skink proves to be a valuable asset to Richard in the quest to find Malley. She has run off with a person she met online in order to avoid being shipped off by her parents to a New England boarding school. Skink convinces Richard that Malley is in danger and needs to be rescued. After a disturbing phone call from Malley, Richard's anxiety grows, and he agrees to enlist Skink to help find his cousin. The unlikely duo slogs through the Florida swampland to save Malley. Malley's cryptic cell phone clues lead Skink and Richard into some tenuous situations that enable the reader to see Richard's character grow. Skink nurtures Richard through these experiences. This is a comically charged plotline that highlights the serious issue of online safety. Hiassen's characters are layered, and the evolution of his classic Skink (seen in other novels) is perfect billing for a young adult audience. The reader will need to make certain allowances for unbelievable scenarios; however, for the reader who is willing to suspend disbelief, this is a high stakes, action-packed comedy with a lot of heart.--Susan Redman-Parodi. 288p. VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES, c2014. |
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